Political use of corpses (nonfiction)
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Political use of corpses refers to the use of the bodies of the dead for political purposes.
Examples
Empress Dowager Lu
Empress Dowager Lu was buried with honors due an empress dowager. However, after her burial, her body was disinterred as a magical means of cursing her grandson Liu Zixun. It was only in 468, long after Liu Zixun had been defeated, that she was reburied.
- Lu Huinan @ Wikipedia
John the Fearless
In 1521, during a visit by Francis I of France to the Burgundian capital, a monk presented the skull of John the Fearless to the King of France, saying to him, "Sire, this is the hole through which the English entered France."
- Assassination of John the Fearless @ Wikipedia